Mark Soto, a kindergartner at Fontana’s South Tamarind Elementary School, rides a newly donated bike Thursday, March 27, 2025. The donation was made possible through a grant from the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
That’s the philosophy behind the effort that brought two dozen new bicycles to a Fontana school.
Xavier Arias, a kindergartner at Fontana’s South Tamarind Elementary School, gets help with his helmet from Yamaha representative Mike Ulrich on Thursday, March 27, 2025. The bikes were provided by the nonprofit All Kids Bike through a grant from the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG
Elijah Gonzales, a kindergartner at Fontana’s South Tamarind Elementary School, gets help before riding around the playground on a newly donated bike Thursday, March 27, 2025. The bikes were provided by the nonprofit All Kids Bike through a grant from the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Kindergartners Alejandra Barraza, Sophie Juarez and Axel Sandoval Lopez ride around the South Tamarind Elementary School playground on newly donated bikes Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Fontana. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
A South Tamarind Elementary School kindergartner rides a newly donated bike Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Fontana. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Kindergartners from Fontana’s South Tamarind Elementary School ride their newly donated bikes Thursday, March 27, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Elijah Brito and Mathew Salazar, kindergartners from Fontana’s South Tamarind Elementary School, ride donated bikes Thursday, March 27, 2025, around the playground. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Rodrick Ramos Osorio, a kindergartner at Fontana’s South Tamarind Elementary School, rides a newly donated bike. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Ragnar Santos and Elijah Gonzales, kindergartners at Fontana’s South Tamarind Elementary School, take a ride Thursday, March 27, 2025, on newly donated bikes from the nonprofit All Kids Bike. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
South Tamarind Elementary School kindergartner Santiago Martinez-Soto gets help Thursday, March 27, 2025, with his helmet from Yamaha representative Doug Dubach at the Fontana campus. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG
Kindergartners at Fontana’s South Tamarind Elementary School ride around the playground Thursday, March 27, 2025, on newly donated bikes. The bicycles were provided by All Kids Bike, a national nonprofit group, through a grant from the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Mark Soto, a kindergartner at Fontana’s South Tamarind Elementary School, rides a newly donated bike Thursday, March 27, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
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Xavier Arias, a kindergartner at Fontana’s South Tamarind Elementary School, gets help with his helmet from Yamaha representative Mike Ulrich on Thursday, March 27, 2025. The bikes were provided by the nonprofit All Kids Bike through a grant from the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG
All Kids Bike, a national nonprofit group, delivered the bikes Thursday, March 27, to kindergartners at South Tamarind Elementary School to support the campus’ learn-to-ride program.
The group’s mission is to give children the chance to learn how to ride a bike in school, a news release states. The bicycles came courtesy of a grant from the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative.
After an unveiling ceremony, kindergartners took a ride on the specialized bikes that make it easier for new riders.
Yamaha sponsors the school’s All Kids Bike Kindergarten PE Learn-to-Ride Program, which includes teacher training , a curriculum, helmets and a fleet of bikes, the release states.
The giveaway also celebrated All Kids Bike’s seventh anniversary.
